Burroughs girls tennis wins DSL opener

BARSTOW — The Burroughs girls tennis team opened Desert Sky League play on the road on Tuesday, and started off with a victory. The Burros beat Barstow 12-6 to remain undefeated on the season.

By Anthony GentileSPORTS EDITORagentile@ridgecrestca.com

BARSTOW — The Burroughs girls tennis team opened Desert Sky League play on the road on Tuesday, and started off with a victory. The Burros beat Barstow 12-6 to remain undefeated on the season."It's important for us to win the first match in league — it was a very important match for us," Burros head coach Kenold Prince said. "They did better than I expected. I expected it to be a closer match due to the fact that we are a young team."No. 1 singles player Celsea McGrew and No. 2 singles player Myisha Edwards each swept their sets for Burroughs (2-0, 1-0 DSL). Celsea McGrew rolled with scores of 6-0, 6-1, 6-1, while Edwards won her first two sets by 6-0 margins before pulling out a 7-5 victory in her third set. "Celsea was the usual," Prince said. "Myisha had a rough go against their No. 3. She was down the whole way and had to recover for the win."On the doubles side, the No. 1 team of Lara Luu and Camynn McGrew swept their sets for the second straight match. The senior-freshman duo went 6-0, 6-1, 6-1 against the Aztecs."Camynn had a pretty good day," Prince said. "She was hitting good serves and solid groundstrokes — she is really playing well."Burroughs' other three set wins came from doubles. The No. 2 doubles team of Hayley Weik and Daytona Burks rebounded from an 0-6 result in their first set and finished with scores of 6-3 and 6-0. "They had a rough start and then they recovered after that," Prince said. "It was a shaky start — they were totally nervous."The No. 3 doubles team of LaDjaha Cooper and Miriam Kolar went 6-1, 4-6. Katie Koch replaced Kolar prior to the third set, which she and Cooper lost 1-6. The Burros No. 3 singles spot only won one game — Amanda Cook had scores of 0-6 and 1-6, and Emma Mower lost 0-6 in the third set."It's a rough spot," Prince said. "I'm trying to move the lineup around to see who can perform — in the doubles you can kind of piece it together but in singles it's rough. That's one of our weaknesses."Burroughs continues DSL play on Thursday at Granite Hills. Prince said the defending league champion Cougars will present a difficult challenge. "The big test is against them," Prince said. "I saw some of their scores and it's going to be really tough for us."